Medieval Castle Casa Loma Castle In Toronto, Canada

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Isn't Toronto (Canada) Rather Young to have a Castle?

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One often hears this question asked from visitors from abroad, especially from Europe where kingdoms and castles date back over many centuries. The Canadian Federation occurred on July 1, 1867. -Canada is just not so old to possess many of what we would normally be considered 'castles.'

Yet back in 1911, Sir Henry Mill Pellatt decided to fulfill his lifelong dream to build a medieval-like castle. On a prominent overlook above the city of Toronto, Canada using his wealth and fortune, his home, residence and ultimate undoing would be built.... From: Casa Loma Castle: A Medieval Castle in Modern-day Toronto, Canada

The Royal Ontario Museum Hosts the Terracotta Army

TORONTO.- The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) hosts the Canadian premiere of The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army from June 26, 2010. Prior to its embarking on a Canadian national tour, the exhibition will be displayed in the Garfield Weston Exhibition Hall on Level B2 of the ROM’s Michael Lee-Chin Crystal until January 2, 2011.

The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army showcases one of the most significant archaeological finds in history: the 1974 discovery, in Shaanxi province in north-central China, of thousands of life-sized terracotta sculptures of Chinese warriors.